Lethe

See also Léthé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lēthē).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈliθi/, X-SAMPA: /"liTi/

Proper noun

Lethe

1. (Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris; one of the rivers which flow through Hades, and from which the souls of the dead had to drink to forget their past lives spent on Earth.

Derived terms

• Lethean

Related terms

• lethargy, lethargic

Translations

personification of oblivion

• Finnish: Lethe (fi)
• French: Léthé (fr) m
• Greek: Λήθη (el) (Líthi) f

  Ancient: Λήθη (Lēthē) f

• Inuktitut: ᓖᑎ (iu) (Liiti)
• Italian: Lete (it) m

• Japanese: レーテー (ja) (Rētē), レテ (ja) (Rete)
• Korean: 레테 (ko) (Rete)
• Latin: Lethe (la)
• Russian: Ле́та (ru) (Léta) f
• Spanish: Lete (es) m, Leteo (es) m

Anagrams

• ethel, Ethel

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λήθη (Lēthē).

Proper noun

Lēthē (genitive Lēthēs); f, first declension (Greek)

1. (Greek mythology) the river Lethe, the river of oblivion

Derived terms

• Lethaeus